Improvement in clothes-line supports



1. E. ROACH'E Clothes-Line Supports.

Patented August 26, 873.

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JAMES E. ROACHE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 142,278, dated August 26, 1873; application filed July 19, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. ROAGHE, of the 'city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improved Clothes-Line Support, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved clothes-line support, and Fig. 2 a top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

The object of this invention is to produce an implement by means of which the bagging or lowering of a weighted clothes-line may be prevented, the invention being particularly intended for such lines as are drawn over pulleys to be in double lengths. My invention consists in constructing a support of two spring-jaws, of which one holds a pulley, while the other is notched to receive a hook on the end of the pulley or bar. The instrument composed of these few parts is intended to be fitted over the lower weighted cord or line, and then the pulley to be placed over the upper line, whereupon the jaws are connected to lock 'the two lines together at the desired place,

and hold the lower weighted line sufficiently.

near to the upper line to prevent the injurious downward bagging.

In the accompanying drawing, the letters A B represent the two spring-jaws. They are, by preference, made of metal, although they may also be made of wood or other material, and are connected at their lower ends by means of a rivet, a, or made in one piece, if desired. Toward the connected lower end these two jaws converge to form a graduallycontracting space between them, as shown in Fig. 1. The upper end of the jaw A carries a projecting arbor or pin, D, upon which a pulley, O, is mounted. The end of the arbor D is made hook-shaped, as shown. At its upper end the jaw B is notched to receive the arbor D, in the manner shown. The notched jaw B can readily be detached from the hook-arbor to allow the opening of the instrument, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

For applying this instrument, it is opened and then fitted around the weighted lower line E, and raised sufficient to bring the pulley 0 upon the upper line F. The jaw B is then looked to the arbor D, and the instrument is in position for its intended purpose. Owing to the narrowing space between the two spring jaws, the. line E, being weighted, will gradually crowd itself farther and farther down into such space, and thereby hold the support and prevent it from running along the line. In fact, the heavier the line is weighted, and the more necessity there is for applying the sup- 7 port, the more firmly will this improved support of my construction be held in place.

What I claim as my invention is- A clothesline support consisting of th spring-jaws A and B, of which one carries the pulley O, and the other is notched to receive the hook of the pulley-arbor D, as set forth.

. JAS. E. ROAOHE. Witnesses:

F. V. BRIESEN, MICHAEL RYAN. 

